Seeing as we've been quite off-topic lately, I figured another mostly-Wolfe-unrelated thread wouldn't hurt. As I mentioned in an earlier thread, I'm trying to decide what to do for a senior thesis. I think I've decided on writing about Christianity and influence on detective fiction - I've got a list of writers I think are relevant, but if anyone could suggest further writers, I'd be grateful. The Urth list seems pretty well-read after all...<br>
<br>My list, as it stands now:<br><br>"Irreligious" Writers<br>Arthur Conan Doyle (In the early stories Holmes has a dislike for religion, though Doyle believed in some form of afterlife)<br>Umberto Eco (Lapsed Catholic, murder in a monastery)<br>
<br>Religious Writers<br>Margery Allingham<br>P.D. James<br>G.K. Chesterton<br>Ronald Knox (Priest and friend of Evelyn Waugh)<br>Dorothy L. Sayers<br>Ellis Peters (Not sure)<br><br>I may be forgetting some here, and my knowledge of crime fiction is far from extensive<br>
<br>Also - any Wolfe stories that would fit in this framework? I know he has a few detective stories, plus of course he draws on mystery a lot in The Book of the Long Sun. Tim Powers might be relevant too - he seems to go in for a mystery-like setting sometimes. <br>
<br>Thanks a lot.<br><br>-Matt<br>